Herpes

Herpes gladiatorum, as the name suggests, is not at all uncommon with wrestlers, Badger says. There are sometimes epidemic outbreaks throughout a whole team. My friends a wrestler, and Im always giving him something for herpes.

The infection is spread through close skin-to-skin contact, and results in a herpes simplex rash generally found on the shoulders, arms, neck, and face. (It happens enough that the National Collegiate Athletic Association has looked into ways of addressing its impact on wrestling.) Antiviral medications can speed up its subsidence, but generally, there are not many preventive options besides watching for rashes and scrubbing those mats.

Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) acquired during wrestling is one of the most common infections caused by personal contact during athletic activity, according to a report in the December issue of The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Physicians say the condition, called herpes gladiatorum, causes skin lesions on the head, neck, and shoulders that are often misdiagnosed.

Skin contact is the primary mode of HSV-1 transmission, says Mark Dworkin, MD, MPHTM, a medical epidemiologist with the CDC. In wrestling, the head and neck are major points of contact, and over 90% of the lesions we observed erupted in this area. Dworkin tells WebMD that herpes can reactivate over the lifespan in times of physical and emotional stress. Herpes can also result in serious systemic illness and vision loss years later, particularly if immunity is compromised. Sports medicine experts say wrestlers with active lesions should be temporarily excluded from participating in wrestling events.

According to the investigators, additional research is needed for prevention. Our findings support previous research that showed HSV-1 is transmitted primarily through skin contact,says Dworkin. Still, the possibility of transmission through contaminated objects like wrestling mats deserves further study. That will help determine if routine bleaching is effective in decontaminating the mats.

Herpes gladiatorum, as the name suggests, is not at all uncommon with wrestlers, Badger says. There are sometimes epidemic outbreaks throughout a whole team. My friends a wrestler, and Im always giving him something for herpes.

The infection is spread through close skin-to-skin contact, and results in a herpes simplex rash generally found on the shoulders, arms, neck, and face. (It happens enough that the National Collegiate Athletic Association has looked into ways of addressing its impact on wrestling.) Antiviral medications can speed up its subsidence, but generally, there are not many preventive options besides watching for rashes and scrubbing those mats.

Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) acquired during wrestling is one of the most common infections caused by personal contact during athletic activity, according to a report in the December issue of The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Physicians say the condition, called herpes gladiatorum, causes skin lesions on the head, neck, and shoulders that are often misdiagnosed.

Skin contact is the primary mode of HSV-1 transmission, says Mark Dworkin, MD, MPHTM, a medical epidemiologist with the CDC. In wrestling, the head and neck are major points of contact, and over 90% of the lesions we observed erupted in this area. Dworkin tells WebMD that herpes can reactivate over the lifespan in times of physical and emotional stress. Herpes can also result in serious systemic illness and vision loss years later, particularly if immunity is compromised. Sports medicine experts say wrestlers with active lesions should be temporarily excluded from participating in wrestling events.

According to the investigators, additional research is needed for prevention. Our findings support previous research that showed HSV-1 is transmitted primarily through skin contact,says Dworkin. Still, the possibility of transmission through contaminated objects like wrestling mats deserves further study. That will help determine if routine bleaching is effective in decontaminating the mats.

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